Alito tells Dallas lawyers about highest court
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DALLAS (AP) — Samuel Alito came to the Supreme Court with two ideas about how he would conduct himself when questioning lawyers. He would try to ask real questions — “with a question mark at the end” — and he would wait for the lawyer speaking to at least conclude a paragraph.
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“Trying to get in a question at oral argument is really like trying to grab an item that’s on sale at Walmart the day after Thanksgiving,” Alito said Thursday.
Alito appeared at the State Bar of Texas’ annual meeting to deliver a talk called, “Ten Things People May Not Know About the Supreme Court.” In a 40-minute speech, Alito took a few gentle digs at some of his colleagues on the nation’s highest court and the perception commentators and the public have of them.
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Instead, he talked about how justices generally evaluate cases and how they work together. While theories on evaluating the Constitution and the law matter, Alito argued that the high court’s previous rulings on an issue mattered more.
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